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The Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability
Scholarship was awarded to Ithaca College senior Kristin
Leffler at the Television Academy Foundation's College
Television Awards on Wednesday, April 23. Presented for the
fourth time at the College Television Awards, the $10,000
scholarship is awarded to a student whose work sheds light
on the unique experiences of those with disabilities. |
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The Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability scholarship is among a
number of awards and scholarships that are presented at the
College Television Awards. Additional information about the
scholarship can be found at
www.Emmysfoundation.org/loreen-arbus-focus-disability-scholarship
About the Television Academy Foundation
Established in 1959 as the charitable arm of the Television
Academy, the Television Academy Foundation is dedicated to
preserving the legacy of television while educating and
inspiring those who will shape its future. Through
renowned educational
and outreach programs
such as the Archive
of American Television, College
Television Awardsand Student
Internship Program the
Foundation seeks to widen the circle of voices our industry
represents and to create more opportunity for television to
reflect all of society. For more information on the
Foundation, please visit
www.TelevisionAcademy.com/Foundation
About Loreen Arbus:
Loreen Arbus is currently the President of the Loreen Arbus
Foundation, The Goldenson-Arbus Foundation and Loreen Arbus
Productions, Inc. Her philanthropy supports a broad scope of
interests, including advocacy for women and girls, as well
as for the world's largest minority, people with
disabilities. She has established and funds many
scholarships that both enhance and elevate social
consciousness around her philanthropic interests --
scientific and medical research, public policy, the arts,
media responsibility, human and animal rights. Arbus holds
the distinction of being the first woman to head programming
for a U.S. network, a feat accomplished twice (both at
Showtime and Cable Health Network/Lifetime). Arbus is the
author of six nonfiction books, has written countless
articles for many national publications, and was twice
nominated for an Emmy. She serves on over a dozen nonprofit
boards. Ms. Arbus, widely recognized for her humanitarian
and professional accomplishments, has received The Heart of
Giving Award presented by President Bill Clinton in 2001,
and was chosen as one (of 40) Leading Women Entrepreneurs of
the World in 2002. She lives in New York, Los Angeles and
Buenos Aires. She is a high profile professional Argentine
Tango choreographer and dancer. She serves on eleven boards,
chairs major charity events around the world and is
Founder/Chair of The Women Who Care Luncheon which benefits
United Cerebral Palsy of New York City and has become a New
York tradition.
Loreen also serves on the boards of: The Paley Center For
Media; International Documentary Association; The Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences Foundation; John F. Kennedy
School of Government Women's Leadership Board at Harvard;
Harvard School of Public Health; Harvard Medical School
Advisory Committee for Neurobiology; MoMa?s Modern Women's
Fund Committee; Lincoln Center Corporate Fund Committee;
Women Moving Millions Executive Committee; Salome
(all-string classical nonprofit orchestra); Women?s
Entrepreneurship Day Advisory Board; and Town Hall Los
Angeles. Loreen has also formerly served on the boards of:
W.O.M.E.N., Inc.; United Cerebral Palsy Association; United
Cerebral Palsy Research & Educational Foundation; Israel
Cancer Research Fund; The Weizmann Institute of Science; New
York Women in Film & TV; and The Women's Media Center. |